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PATENT OFFICE.

'WILLIAM PHILLIPS, OF AUURN, lL'lLIIiHM NEEDLE.

i' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 13, 1921.

Application led Marel: 24, 1920. Serial No. 363,3911.

To all whom 'it v'najf/ Gomera,

Be it known that l, WILLIAM PI-IiLmrs,

a eitisen of llrissia, residing at Auburn, in'

seeming the slide te the needle which per mits of :free movement of said .slide without the liability ol the same beemiirne` detached from the needle and also whereby the slide een be removed or replaced in the needle when. desired.

Another object'. el this invention is the provision. oi a needle el the above stated cheraeten which shall be simple, durable and ellieient, and which may be manniiae-- tured and sold at ay comparatively low eosf.

lVitll these and other objects' in view ae will become more apparentes the description proeeerfls the ii'lvention consists in ver tain novel features of ronstrnetion, eornbi natioin and arrangement el parts as 'will be liereirni'ter n'lore fully described and v el aimed.

IFor a, Complete nnderstainling ol my in vention, reference .ie to'be had to the 'lollowing description and aeeolnpz'lnying dran@ iugm in which-- Figure l is a side elevation of a needle ermslrneted in aeecndanee with my inven lioney Fig'. 2 is a transverse Sectional view taken through the needle illustrating the closing or terminal 'let of the jaws il..

at- 5. 1The body' l. has formed therein a groove 6 which extends lroin a. peint ad` jacent the hoek the shank: al opening mitwarlllv 'of the slienk so te sl'idably reeeive slide 'i'. 'lfhe wil/lle of the slot G are inclined ee elearly illnem trated in Fig, 2 while the walls of the slide are inclined oppoeitely to leek the Slide against removal from slet but which fill permit free movement el the slide with m the sletw .The .slide has ite enter flame serrated es illnstreted el; 9 and these Serre-- tions irelleet beyond the body so bel; a, per.-l

Eons .nger can readily engage the Saline :for l the purpose of shoving the slide ln the direcn tion of the hook 'cl so ae te elose the sinne., In order to remove the slide ilroin the groeve (3 it is necessary that the seme be pulled mltwnrdllrv through the end nl the slnlnlr l, and reinstated within the slide in the name manner.

A handle ld has seenred 4to one end in am` well. known manner a set nl epaeed arcuate gri )ping jaws il preferably two in Innnber `whieh here their enter feces screw threaded as illustrated at 15E and are ron sl'rneted of resilient materiel A. loelriinep collar 13 provifled with internal screw threads and lpted to he threaded on `to the jaws iler compres-sling" the jaws; ngroinst the inelined iaeee li el the s'lianlr el, so asilo positively lock the body i lo 4the handle and i'iroviding aJ construction wherein the needle or body i can he readily detached from the handle when desiring to remove the slide. it is to be noted that the Slide is limited in lts: rearward movement by libe front wall In operation the needle with 'the slide inoif'es reamvardljy :1nd passes through the leather oi a shoe when repairing the eline or nialiin; the saine, sind the thread then may he eanght by the heell: and the lioolr closes by rnovinp; the slide in einrairement with lhe Hamm permitting the llirea to be drawn through the leather witllont danger oiI becoming detaehed from the hook.

From the loi-enrolnp;q it will be seen than; this simple and'inexpensive form olimeeolle ie provided which may lle readily' employed by Elioemalzerfs and the lilre and operated by one hand7 tl'aerelijf' leaving;- l'he other hand :free ilo hold The workn lt will linrllier be seen that the rlan'iping jaws l'l nizw be readily adjusted upon and tightened on the shank or body fl oi the needle and any of and extends through parte may lie readily replaced et small een, it required. It will further be noted the longitudinal side 4edge ot the eye e ein; member which is fitted for longidinel slidingl movement upon the shank nl' tool tor etiecting tlie openingn and closing et the eye of the needle, projects the Surface of the shank sufficiently to inenre t Contact thereof with the well of the puncture in the leather or other materiel penetrated by the end or eye pointed extrenr ity et the needle so that in inserting the tool .into the puncture of the leather the frirtienal contact of said slide with the wall oit tlie epening serves to move the slide backward to open the eye of the needle whereas zitter the thread lies been engaged with the eyed the irst etl'ect et the backward movement et the needle in withdrawing it from the puncture is to slide the closing member in the opposite direction to close the eye and ellectnelly retain the slide in nn eye closing' position while the needle is being withdrawn. Titus in the operation of the tool emistrnced es described the opening of the eye effected by the insertion ot the needle into the puncture et theA materiel and the ele-sing of the eye is effected by the with- -iiiewing et tlie teni. and the certainty et tliie operation is insured by rougliening or serretingthe projecting surface or edge of tlie Slide es hereinabove desc'ilied and ne clearly indicated in the drawings. inde pendent. er manuel operation of the eye @lining slideD either: to effect the closing er ng movement thereof, is rendered nny by provid'ng the eye closing* einher with e. projecting; frictionnl surface. epesed longitudinally of the slienlr and Ail extendingte n, peint near the eye et the needle, so tlint even, tliengfli the needle is introduced only :i short distance into the puncture et the leather or other material, or is extended only :l eniicient distance te disclose tin' eye for tlie reception of the thread, it ie sull ientv te canse tlze retraction of the slide :ind nence the egeningr of the e e.

While l here slewn ind described the preferred elnbedinienl' et my invention. it will be understood that minor changes in construction, ceniliination :ind-iirrzmgjexnent ci? parte may be nnide without departing from the spirit or Scope et the `il'ivcntion ne claimed,

Having thus dencrilied my invent/ion, what l @latini .iS:-

A device et' tile class described includingY n handle, n needle lnx-ving e penctintiln; end

member. ineens tc deteclnljil-y Secure the' needle to the lmndle. seid needle having' :L

slot extending inwardly troni the inner end, an eye closing member slidzible in the slot anni removable therefrom :it the inner end ot the needle, seid eyeclofsing member beine; held against displacement in one direction by engugenieiii; with tlie said end member. Said menne croseing; the slot, and sfiid eyev closing member being; eiigue'eelile with said means to prevent eei'ridentzil displacement from the slot et the inner end of the needle, ln testimony 'whereof l ntliz; my signature in presence ol two witnesses.

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